An Even Cooler Music Video

Double Take, the Asheville band formerly known as Tribe of Dwarfs, wrote and recorded this song -- and music video -- in one day with the help of the John Lennon Educational Tour Bus. Astute music fans will recognize the killer keyboard work by Capn's son... It even has an Abbey Road moment... Enjoy...

Stairway to Wilkesboro

For all you Zeppelin fans, here's Mr. Plant at Merlefest, with Patty Griffin and Buddy Miller on the autoharp...Song by Doc and Rosa Lee Watson.... tip of the hat to Wade for the link...

Lori McKenna

I slipped off this weekend to see Lori McKenna at a small club in Asheville. A terrific show. The highlight: Sweet Disposition from her new album, Lorraine.



Here's a video with Don Was....

I Like My Bike...

Don't we all? Actually, that's the name of a song by Hurtbird. Thanks to Cecil R-S for pointing me to this tune... Listen below or find it on iTunes. Enjoy.

Music to Pose in Front of the Eiffel Tower to...

She's Bad - Nathaniel Mayer

There's six degrees of separation to cycling, but it would take a while to explain...

Honest Abe

A little music from friend and biking buddy Chip Robinson. Roscoe (Eric Ambel), the guy on the other guitar, rides a track bike. If you're interested, the record version is on The Backsliders' Southern Lines CD (Mammoth Records). What a great bar sound.

Let it Ride

The North Carolina crew has an impromptu ride this weekend -- the 200K Siler City Express. Come join us. The more the merrier.

Speaking of rides, check out this live version of Let It Ride by Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, recorded March 16 in Louisville, KY. Here's the full show.

Holiday Music for Bicycle Lovers

Bruddha Rich sent along this link to the Nutcracker Suite played entirely on bicycle parts. Enjoy.

22 songs for the 21st Century

The ongoing list for a friend's 50th birthday. Songs from 2000 on in alpha order. The Daniel Johnston was re-released in this millennium, but the song is from the 80s.

Greg Taylor was a bandmate who died way too young this year. One of my favorite musicians ever. Check out the link to hear samples of several songs he wrote.

Back on the Train / Phish



Best of You / Foo Fighters
Black Math / White Stripes
Bodysnatchers / Radiohead



Bohemian Like You / The Dandy Warhols
Buddha / Greg Taylor
Devils + Dust / Bruce Springsteen
Hash Pipe / Weezer
Heaven / Los Lonely Boys
Hey Ya! / Outkast
I Wanna Be Your Gun / Mayflies USA
I Will Not Be Broken / Bonnie Raitt



I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / The Jayhawks
Kamera / Wilco
Medley: Straight to Hell / Satan Is Real / Hank Williams III



Speeding Motorcycle / Daniel Johnston



Supposed To Make You Happy / Tift Merritt



Tears for Affairs / Camera Obscura
The Way You Wear Your Head / Nada Surf



Transcendental Blues / Steve Earle



When Will You Come Back Home / Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
When You Lie / Patty Hurst Shifter

70 Songs from the 90s for a Sub-5 Hour 100

I compiled this list for a friend's 50th birthday. The time works out to 4.4 hours, so you get a little time for nature breaks. But don't dillydally.



Btw: for my friends from Oz, the Backsliders tunes on the list are by a former Raleigh, NC band, not the Australian group of the same name.

Theme From Flood / They Might Be Giants

Kit Kat Clock / The Bottle Rockets

Hummer / The Smashing Pumpkins

Song 2 / Blur


Sex And Candy / Marcy Playground



My Drug Buddy / The Lemonheads

Low / Cracker



Drown / Son Volt

Two Hearts / The Jayhawks

Key West Intermezzo (I Saw You First) / John Mellencamp

Interstate Love Song / Stone Temple Pilots

Take a Picture / Filter



Jealous Again / The Black Crowes

Hey Jealousy / Gin Blossoms

Divorce Song / Liz Phair

I Touch Myself / Divinyls

Wail / The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion



Groove Is In The Heart / Deee-Lite



Beercan / Beck

Shine / Collective Soul

Been Caught Stealing / Jane's Addiction

My Favorite Mistake / Sheryl Crow

Longview / Green Day

Creep / Radiohead



Gin and Juice / The Gourds

Possum Kingdom / The Toadies

Time Capsule / Matthew Sweet

Miss World / Hole

Minimum Wage / They Might Be Giants

More Human Than Human / White Zombie



What's He Building In There? / Tom Waits



Dam That River / Alice In Chains

How To Fight Loneliness / Wilco



Losering / Whiskeytown

Bad Luck / Social Distortion

Elaine / Six String Drag

Crooked Frame / Alejandro Escovedo

Dirt Road Blues / Bob Dylan

Casino Queen / Wilco

Metal Firecracker / Lucinda Williams

Abe Lincoln / The Backsliders

How Can I Live Without You / Cracker

Summerteeth / Wilco

Tom's Diner / DNA Featuring Suzanne Vega

Painful / stream

Shotgun / Southern Culture on the Skids

Gin and Juice / Snoop

Sex Type Thing / Stone Temple Pilots

Daddy's Little Girl / Nikki D.

Are You Gonna Go My Way / Lenny Kravitz

Dancing With The Women At The Bar / Whiskeytown

Throwin' Rocks At The Moon / Backsliders

Mrs. Robinson / The Lemonheads

Rush / Big Audio Dynamite II

Whip Smart / Liz Phair



Backwater / Meat Puppets

Waiting for the Sun / Jayhawks

Think It over One Time / Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

Orphan Girl / Gillian Welch

Oppenheimer / Old 97's

Who Carried You / Malcolm Holcombe

Your Place In The Sun / Two Dollar Pistols

My Baby Don't Dance To Nothing But Ernest Tubb / Junior Brown

Song for the Dumped / Ben Folds Five

Give Me One Reason / Tracy Chapman

Tourette's / Nirvana

Higher Ground / Patty Hurst Shifter

Chickamauga / Uncle Tupelo

Car Wheels on a Gravel Road / Lucinda Williams

Passenger Side / Wilco

Psychic Friend / The Backsliders

Out of the Picture / Son Volt

Song lyrics that caught my ear while I was doing something else...

“You know it takes a man to say you’re wrong.

But I’m not..."

From: "I Was the One.” Mayflies USA / The Pity List